Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Advice Needed

Le 2010-11-05 13:50, Anthony Papillion a écrit :
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> Hello Everyone,
>
> A few days ago, I wrote about a small computer store here in my town
> that was thinking about offering LibO instead of MSO to customers who
> buy new computers from them.  I met with the owner and we've worked out
> a deal that I think is fair:
>
> 1. The store will install LibO on new computers it sells to their
> customers. They will pay us $25 per users for support.
>
> 2. We will provide support and a mirror where users can download the
> source code to LibO (or we might just point them to the main LibO
> repository).
>
> While the store would not tell me what they were paying per copy of MSO,
> from the reaction of the owner when I said $25, it must have been
> substantial.
>
> We're meeting again on Monday to sign papers to finish the deal. Is
> there anything specific (requirements from TDF, etc) that I need to know
> or cover before we do?
>
> Thanks,
> Anthony
> United States

Just for information, what kind of support do you offer to these 
customers? I am wondering what incentive there is for the small computer 
store to pay $25 per user for your service rather than simply download 
the official version from the website and install it by themselves.

Regards,

P.S. I am not getting into that business anyway.
--
Michel Gagnon
Montréal (Québec, Canada) -- http://mgagnon.net

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